Water-motor



' A 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. M.y KEMP.

WATER MOTOR.

(No Model.)

Patented Sept. 28.1897.

WITNESSES.

2 Sheets- Sheet 2.

C. M. KEMP;

WATER MOTOR.

(No Model.)

Patented Sep't. 28,1897.

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W ITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT EEE-3E.r

CLARENCE M. KEMP, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WATER-MOTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters `Patent No. 590,762, datedSeptember 28, 18,97. Application filed December 26, 1896. Serial No.617,002. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. KEMP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in VVater-Motors, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a Water-motor of that class which has as adistinguishing feature buckets which are mounted so as tooscillate andalternately receive and discharge water, the weight of the water beingthe actuating element. In my. present invention I provide forsupplementing the water Weight by the action of a metal weight mountedon a lever which is connected with the waterbuckets. It will be seenthat the result of this feature of my invention when applying the powerof the water-motor-for instance, to a pump-is to give an impulse to thepump'- piston through the agency of the water weight and also the metalweight.l This motor is esl pecially adapted to be run by a stream ofWater where there is but a moderate supply and but slight fall.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an elevation of the motor, partly in section and showing itapplied to operate av pump. Fig. 2 is a top view of the motor. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the oscillating chute. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation showing a slightly-modified construction of the motor. Fig. 5is an elevation, also partly in section, of the modified construction,but taken -i-n a transverse direction from that shown in Fig. 4t. Fig. 6is a perspective view of the modiied form of oscillating chute.

The motor may be mounted or supported on any suitable frame or base, butit has not been deemed necessary to show any particular form in thedrawings.

In the present instance the walls of a box A serve as a support for thepipe D, and the buckets B B hang pendent from the pipe and oscillatewithin the box. A pipe C at each side supplies the water to ll thebuckets. In Figs. l, 2, and 3 the constantly-running Water is suppliedfrom the pipe C to a cross-pipe D, Which extends from one side to theother The chute has eyes c, by which it is supported Y and pivoted onthe cross-pipe D. The chute is tilted by mechanism to be presentlydescribed, so that the Water supplied by the pipe will be dischargedalternately from one edge and then the other. The water-buckets B B eachhave two ends CZ/ and two sides cl2 d3, which latter form the bottom,the said two fsides forming an approximately V shape in cross-section.The buckets are witho ut valves and are rigidly attached to a suitablehanger, having eyes d, which pivot on the cross-pipe D, resting on thewalls of the box A. By this construction each bucket when at itslowermost position will fully discharge its water contents. The pivot ofboth the chute and buckets have the same center or axis. In Figs. land 2the bucket-hanger G has a bail shape-that is, two side arms and across-bar c, connecting saidarms. The pivot-eyes c of the chute haveposition between the tWo side eyes of the hanger.

A rigid knock-arm f projects upward from the chute. In Figs. l, 2, and 3an arm is at each end and has a horizontal part ff, which extends fromone end to the other like a bail or handle. An oscillatory chute-shifterH is pivoted at g and moves in a vertical plane. In this instance thepivot g is ixed to a collar g, which surrounds the cross-pipe D. Thischute-shifter has a fork at each end. One of these forks 7L has positionto take astride of or engage the knocker-arm f on the chute and theother fork 7i. has position to engage or take astride of the cross-bare, connected with the bucket-hanger G. As the buckets B B oscillate inone direction-for instance, to raise the bucket B-the cross-bar e willcontact with one fork h' of the shifter and throw the latter on itspivot g, thereby causing the other fork h to contact with theknocker-arm f of the chute and tilt the latter in the reversedirection-that is, to

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lower its discharge edge b directly over the said raised bucket B. (SeeFig. l.) In the position just described water falling from the pipe Donto the chute F will thereby be directed into the elevated bucket atthe same time that the lowered bucket B is discharging its water. An armor lever I is rigidly connected with the hanger G and projects upward.As the buckets and hanger vibrate this arm I also vibrates. A metalweight J is mounted on the upper end of this arm, and this is the weightwhich supplements the weightof the water that is in one of the buckets,as will be presentlyT explained. rlhe arm or lever I has a stud iprojecting laterally from its side. A rod K has a longitudinal slot j,which takes on the stud fi, and this rod connects with the piston-rod lof the pump L.

The motor operates as follows: lVhen one bucket B is raised and fillingwith water, the other bucket in the lowered position will bedischarging, and the arm I, which carries the 'weight J, will be throwntoward the same side as the lower bucket. At the instant the bucket israised the chute F, full of water, is tilted by the action of theshifter I-I, so as to empty its water into the elevated bucket, and thechute for the time being retains this tilted position, and the wateriiowin g from the pipe D onto the chute while thus inclined will bedirected into the same bucket. lVhen this bucket becomes full, theweight of the water causesv the two buckets to swing to the other side,forcing the empty bucket up and throwing the arm I and its weight andthe stud vzl on the arm sliding in the slot j until it comes to the endof the slot, whereupon the momentum of the swinging1 waterweight andmetal weight will take sudden effect on the rod K and move said rod, andof course move the pump-piston. The operation just described will thenbe repeated as soon as the elevated bucket iills and both buckets willswing again. Of course it is immaterial which end of the rod K isslotted, but it is necessary that one end of said rod shall have alimited sliding connection.

In Figs. 4, 5, and G the motor is somewhat modified in its details ofconstruction, but the operation is the same. In this form the water issupplied by two pipes or troughs C', which deliver theconstantly-running water into a receiver N, supported on a box A andextending across from oneside to the other. The receiver has twocompartments, each of which has in its bottom an opening a', whichdelivers the water onto the oscillatory chute F'. The adjacent walls mof the two compartments are separated by an open space n, and a fixedshaft D spans this space. The buckets in Figs. 4 and 5 are substantiallyof the same form and construction as in the first figures, and thehanger G', which supports the buckets, has an eye d4 pivoted on thefixed shaft D'. In this case the hanger has only one arm, the forkedends of which, pendent below the pivot, are attached at the middle ofthe buckets. The oscillatory chute F', as shown, differs in constructionfrom the chute shown in the first figures in that it has a centraiopening n', around which is a raised curb or wall o. This chute has eyesc', by which it is pivoted on the fixed shaft D. The position of thischute is directly below the waterdelivery openings a. A knock-arm f2projects upward from the chute and is acted on by an oscillatory shifterII, which has the same construction as shown in the iirst iigures. Thepivot g of the shifter in this case is fixed on a stud g2, projecting`up from the framework'of the receiver. The arm Lwhich carries on itsupper end the weight J, is attached to the eye d" of the hanger. In itsmovement this arm vibrates in the open space 'a between the twocompartments of the receiver. This arm has a lateral short bar e, whichcontactswith the fork 7L of the shifter Il. The arm I has the stud t,and a slotted rod K connects therewith, same as in Fig. l. As alreadystated, the operation of this modified construction is the same as thatshown in the first figures.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- I. In a watermotor,the combination of a hanger pivoted and having ends pendent below saidpivot to which two water-buckets are attached; an open-top chute pivotedabove the two buckets so as to oscillate and discharge water alternatelyin that one of the two buckets which is elevated; and an oscillatorychute-shifter which is independently pivoted and coacts between the saidbuckethanger and chute, as set forth.

2. In a water-motor, the combination of a hanger pivoted and having endspendent below said pivot; two valveless water-buckets rigidly attachedto said pendent hanger ends--each of said buckets having two ends andtwo sides which also forni the bottom, said sides forming an approximateV shape in cross-section; an oscillatory chute above the two buckets andwhich discharges water alternately in that one of the two buckets whichis elevated; and means to tilt the said chute so that one side of thechute will be tilted down at the time that the corresponding bucket istilted up, as set forth.

3. In a water-motor, the combination of a hanger pivoted and having endspendent below said pivot to which two water-buckets are attached; anoscillatory chute above the two buckets and which discharges wateralternately in that one of the two buckets which is elevated; an armrigidly connected with the hanger and projecting upward above the motorand carrying aweight; and an oscillatory chu te-shifter pivotedindependently of the hanger and chute and one end of which is actuatedby the movement of the said hanger while the other end causes the chuteto tilt, as set forth.

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4. In a water-motor, the combination of a. hanger and chute having the,same center or Water-receiver having a delivery-opening in axis, as Setforth. 1o its bottom; a pivoted hanger carrying Water- In testimonywhereof I affix my signature buckets Which are belowr theWater-receiver; in the presence of two Witnesses.

and an oscillatory chute movable inclepend- CLARENCE M. KEMP.

ent of the water-buckets and which discharges Witnesses:

Water alternately into that one of the buck- CHAPIN A. FERGUSON,

ets which is elevated-the pvot of both the CHARLES B. MANN, J r.

